On leveling:Totally revamped, no more class selection at the start of the game, every skill you level contributes to your overall level. And each time you level you get extra health plus the ability to get either more health, magicka or stamina.Each level also brings you perks. Cool abilities I guess like in Fallout 3.Also, the leveling was moved from 1-25 or something like that to 1-50, but 50 is soft-capped, you just advance really slow after that.

On skills:Mysticism is gone.18 skills, down from 21 on Oblivion, and 27 on Morrowind.Tries to accomodate players who want to specialize in a certain proffesion (like mage or thief), while at the same time giving room for players who like to do plenty of everything. They want to keep a special care so that this feels good, not prone to cheating and organic.Enchanting is back, and also, Weapon Smithing is apparently introduced

On the story and lore:200 years after Oblivion. Set in Skyrim, a region north of the imperial city, where the Nords live.The dragons are returning, as it was prophetized. You are gonna be trying to stop the wicked dragon god. You are a dragonborn, a dragon hunter. Your mentor is one of the last blade, voiced by some old dude from Shutter Island and Minority Report.Also, there is a civil war, since the king is dead.Enemies include were-yeti's, giant spider, dragons and other cool creatures.

On combat:They want to make it more dynamic and tactical. You have to assign each hand with a function I think, either magic, 2 weapons, a weapon and a shield, etc. You can also waste stamina by sprinting, allowing you to get access to tactical postitions.Emphasis on really improving the combat this time around.They are also putting care on how each weapon feel on your hand.

Other:Third person view has been improved5 massive cities, more variation in caves and underground stuff.Conversations aren't done in a zoomed in static shot anymore. Start a conversation with some and they will act like someone would in real life, looking at you occasionally and walking around a bit and also continue doing a task if they were doing one while talking.Also, there is an option for No HUD

On quests:Quests are much more dynamic now.The quests are now more determined by how you build your chracter, individual actions and overall much more dynamic. Examples provided: If you are more of a magic user, some other mage may approach you who may not have had if you were just a melee character. Or if you killed some dude who owned a store that was gonna give you a quest, his sister would inherit the store, but she may resent you before giving you the quest. Also, if you drop a weapon in the street instead of selling it, it may just dissapear, some kid may get it and give it back to you, which would lead to a series of stuff, or some dudes may fight over who gets it.Also, it said that the quests you are given would be modified by how you have played (I guess like scaling the quests). For example, the location of a rescue mission would be determined by which location you have visited (it will try to give you a dungeon you haven't been in) and I guess also giving you appropiate enemies to your level.

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I'm excited to hear more about this game. Thanks for the logo SynGamer!

Er, not likely. Oblivion came out on 360 a full year before it came out on PS3, and Bethesda has never developed a PS3 exclusive. It will be on 360/PS3/PC for sure, the only question is whether it's released on PC simultaneously (my guess is yes)/

They trimmed down the end of the clip for the VGA broadcast (not surprisingly). I thought the title reveal was kind of quick when I saw it.

The full version is up on elderscrolls.com and has several more seconds of the song at the end.

I still haven't beaten the main story line in Oblivion as I just do everything else in the huge world lol. I think by the time I get my hands on Scrolls 5 that I'll be ready then haha. Let's hope they tweak the combat a bit though.

I still haven't beaten the main story line in Oblivion as I just do everything else in the huge world lol. I think by the time I get my hands on Scrolls 5 that I'll be ready then haha. Let's hope they tweak the combat a bit though.

It took me about 4 times starting it until I finally made my way through the main quest, there's just so much to do. I still haven't finished it on 360, so I'm going to try and do that before V comes out.

As for the combat, it will almost certainly still be using the Gamebryo engine, so you can expect something similar. However, they've said it will be a step forward from Fallout 3, which itself was a step forward from Oblivion. Combat's never been the strong suit of Elder Scrolls games though..

Well Lets not forget Arkham City also comes out in 2011 too, another strong contender for GOTY easily. (My personal GOTY for 2011 already)

But yes, this is so exciting. I honestly did not know they were revealing this and i pooped my god damn pants.. I thought.... what is this, another assassins creed? oh boy, the minute they said bethesda i freaked out, hell Im getting chills right now thinking about it haha.

2011 will be a stuffed ear to say the least, I cant even comprehend it at this point....

...and then they revealed that Mass Effect 3 will out around the same time.

Cya in 2012 Elder Scrolls!

Yep. I'd probably wait for the inevitable game of the year version of this anyway. Have Dragon Age Ultimate (will start soon) and the inevitable Fallout New Vegas GOTY edition that can deal with my big open world RPG fix until I get around to this game.

Oh man I can't wait for this and we don't really know ANYTHING yet haha. Next Holiday is going to be insane with this, Uncharted 3, Gears of War 3, Mass Effect 3...... just to name a few! Damnit I need more hours in the day (and more money in my bank account).

Okay, so I never played Oblivion and I couldn't get into fallout.....but I really like what I see of Skyrim. Probably a dumb question, but is it worth it to go play Oblivion now? I mean, to prep for this game?

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